Messi Focuses on Peak Fitness for Inter Miami and Argentina

As Lionel Messi enters his third decade as a professional soccer player, Inter Miami will begin their MLS season against New York City F.C on February 22nd.

Captaining Inter Miami at the FIFA 2025 Club World Cup in the United States of America this June, the 37-year-old Barcelona first-team newcomer in 2004 will He will also lead his country in FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifying, but he will be around the following summer to take part in the most important event in world sports.

Lionel Messi has so far this calendar year made three friendly appearances for Inter Miami. Every game the Argentine powerhouse has teamed his old friend Luis Suarez at the head of the Florida team line-up.

Messi is settling into the new year and wants to increase his fitness and form before what is most likely his last World Cup participation.

It remains unknown whether Lionel would make it all the way and stay captain of the Argentina team following summer. The natural aging process of the star caused Argentina to reach World Cup success in 2022. Though typically Messi was performing less on the pitch in a “easier” division, moments of genius were still there. When it was clear his body would not exactly provide him what his mind needed, the number 10 even cut a disappointed figure at times, for both club and nation.

Having said that, the highlighted events are still real. The magic seems not to have vanished. Although it may be less robust against more fierce opponents and more erratic, the spark is most definitely present. The case still holds that Lionel Messi can still have an influence and tug the strings for Argentina next summer as long as he has his left foot and intelligence.